Excelsior Ruth/ EXLRUTH

64 bass bins on top of a colliery on the 23rd day

A rare post of dates & performances 09/05 forecast Spanners 17/05 goodness 24hr, Fold 17/05 Opera Sunday, Spanners <3 28/06 The Blacklights (EXLRUTH live) Blackpool More tba but for now More

Opera Sunday is back ! again @spanners.club May 17th with Jeffrey Hinton & @kitrimmer - if you remember the last time Jeffrey played then you’ll be extra excited for this one I’ve been impatiently waiting to share this ! hope to see you there Ruth xx

Romeo’s Fall- released yesterday via @accidentalmeetings Original score written over 2023 and performed by @n_i_kuu (voice) & @caiuswilliams_ (double bass) at @somersethouse ASSEMBLY in 2024 supported by @somersethousestudios Cassette & book- all images for the release were taken from recently developed family Super8 film

EXLRUTH - Romeo’s Fall [AM030], out on Jan 30th! Delighted to start 26’ with AM030 by EXLRUTH, a neo-Gregorian score that arrives through cassette and a book which focuses on personal photographs in and around Sunderland in the 1960s. Romeo’s Fall is an original score for voice by artist and composer EXLRUTH (Ruth Hughes), a new work traversing romance and romanticism in a post-industrial North East England. Performed by countertenor Nik Rawlings with accompanying double bass from Caius Williams. Informed by congregation, community and euphoria, exploring the meeting points of contemporary dance music cultures, traditional hymnal form, and the sonic appropriation and influence of regional industry, influenced by the legacy of the New Monkey. Addressing alternative trajectories of communion; on dancefloors (Makina) versus the nuclear act of togetherness within an industrial Northern landscape (classical/hymnal form). This book features images taken from recently developed family super8, taken in and around Sunderland - 1960’s onwards. Tracks 2-4 performed by Nik Rawlings (voice) and Caius Williams (double bass) Mastered by Rupert Clervaux Recorded at Somerset House’s public programme ASSEMBLY and developed during the Sound and Music residency at Somerset House Studios (2024) Design by Oliver Kay Video by @ciara.is.reddy AM030

‘Supertitles’ it out today, the compilation and first release on new label Opera Sunday Recordings You can listen and buy the CD via the links in my bio Lots of love to all those involved @cr1sis__actress_ @drumsofjay @cleyraaa @fkaboursin @dan20000002 Photographs featured by @ciara.is.reddy with assistance from @kitrimmer Mastered by Rupert Clervaux Additional mixing on tracks by Cleyra and fka boursin by @snapsofbruce Special thanks to @spanners.club Artwork by me

A play, a proposal, tears, a kiss, a poem and a church The Church was a collaborative installation between @parks.ralph @barnabymakes @exlruth and @luciensylvester Built for this years @thethreewheeldrive and will hopefully keep evolving over the year into different forms between different spaces until it’s return in 2026 Thank you 3WD for the eternal trust and anyone who enjoyed the space over the weekend in the many different ways we heard about and those we didn’t Metal work structure by @barnabymakes & @luciensylvester Woodwork interior and door @parks.ralph Stained glass windows @exlruth

thank you @cleyraaa @p_mcgann @wyldgarlic for the gorgeous crab cake for all the cancerian babies @spanners.club & @betteeee And everyone else who came last night <3 & @cr1sis__actress_ @ @cleyraaa for the videos

Stealing the best review ever from @cr1sis__actress_ The recording of my last Forecast set is up on soundcloud mbv, tiesto, sonic youth and something I’ve been working on recently all featured inside if you care to have a listen

Last night felt like a dream ! Every time Opera Sunday comes around I realise I barely have much to do with the space once everyone arrives & it really is everyone who comes / @spanners.club / the DJs / @betteeee on the door that make it special every time Dancing into Monday morning with Jeffrey after another gorgeous set from @drumsofjay was something I think no one will forget anytime soon, as it is every time Thank u <3 Vid @parks.ralph

finally sharing the full recording of the composition/performance* I wrote for @jackedove ‘s FIREWORKS IV @ormsideprojects back in November. ‘Working’ featuring bonus track Falling is out now via my exlruth Bandcamp *Performed beautifully by @n_i_kuu (voice) @caiuswilliams_ (double bass) @sounds.like.adela (violin)

Photos from rehearsals of ‘Romeo’s Fall’- a score for voice & double bass written during my residency @somersethousestudios performed by @n_i_kuu & @caiuswilliams_ back in March for Assembly at Somerset House You can now watch our performance via the link in my bio